BACK TO WORK

Well last week I started back to work as in leaving my kiddos and coming in to the office. While it was nice to have adult conversations and use my brain for something other than baby stuff, it was horrible leaving them. Even though I knew they were in good hands. Tuesday they stayed home with their daddy. He was a bit overwhelmed by the time I got home. Jen and Dan took them for me on Thursday. It wwas nice knowing the kiddos were with family.

This was week number two- I still cry all the way into work.. BUT it seems the kids don't miss me. Especially when they are with their Auntie-

for those of you that don't know what you are looking at, Jen is "wearing" the two boys and that is Miss Lilah in front of her. She introduced me to wearing the kids in the beginning and I truly don't know what I woudl do without the different wraps she has given me. The wraps are a way of snuggling the kids next to you while keeping your arms free. it truly has a great feeling and the kids love it. Even the most fussybaby is totally soothed as soon as their little body gets snuged in. It is a surefire way to get them to sleep. These aren't your normal carriers you buy at Wal-Mart, they are specially made to position the kids up high and close to the wearer's heart. I have now become a HUGE promoter of them!!

So as you can see in the picture, kids are good and happy. They are VERY lucky to have a great Auntie taking care of them.

A SAD DAY

Not a title you expect to find on the blog for the kiddos but it fits. Last night their protector Balou died. Memo helped me to bury him up by Mom's little girl Teddi. All I can say is that I am very happy he got to spend some time with the kiddos. He truly loved them and protected them from everyone.. including Memo sometimes.

I remember the first time I saw him with a child. My bro had jsut moved down with his family and Evelyn was just 2 (I think) she walked in the house and fearlessly squatted down and hugged his big ol head. talk about a heart attack... I mean he could be grumpy at times and would make this horrible ARF and reach back, never biting, just scaring the beejeezus out of you... so all i could imagine was him doing the to Elfie and scaring the heck out of her... well that's not what happened. He just got a big doggie smile and let her crawl all over him. It was so cute. From then on as soon as Elfie got here he would run over to the van looking for her.

So much to tell, yet they never let me talk!

Well, I just realized how long it's been since I posted... sorry but the days just slam by. Ok, quick update.

The kids are amazing! I assume all Moms say that but mine are super amazing! :) I have very much enjoyed my time home with them. The bugger of it is that I have to go back to work this week. If there was one thing I wished hadn't happened it would have been the NICU. We met lots of great people there, but it 24 days out of my time with my kiddos... totally sucks. Once we got them home life changed soooo much. Heck they change every day. Just the other day they all started looking in the mirror and seeing us and them.. it is WAY cool.

Dixon- well he is a screamer(don't let the sweet look fool you!)... he actually sounds like a cat when he cries. He gets super pissed and crews his face all up. Most of the time all he wants is attention. heck who doesn't. His eyes have changed to brown and he still has TONS of hair. Him and Lilah fight for the chunkiest. He is a mama's boy at the moment.

Devin- He is a terror! Actually he is a really good boy but when he does work into a tizzy then yikes watch out! He is very hard to calm down. He seems to be the brightest of them in terms of checking things out. He loves scanning the room, always looking for something new. He's just a terror because one day one thing will work to calm him down, then it won't work the next day. His eyes have stayed blue and his hair is definately a blondish color. He is a white boy for sure! much paler than the others. We have decided he is our smart biy and the others will be cheating off of him at school!

Miss Lilah- Our little happy girl. She is over 8 lbs now. She is truly a happy girl. It's very funny because when she does cry it tends to be with a smile! Her eyes are brown and big and she has the cutest dimples! She loves for anyone and everyone ot hold her and is now awake for at least 3 hours at a time. She's always the first to wake in the morning and usually wakes with a big smile.

Memo laughs because when he gets up at 4:30 to feed by the time he comes back in the house about an hour later his spot is taken by three little munchkins. So here's what happens: My alarm (Lilah) goes off at 4:15 or so... that prompts me to wake up Memo. He gets up and Lilah comes to eat in bed with me... about 10 minutes later up pops Dixon... same move he comes over for breakfast in bed. then last to wake up is Devin... in the beginning they all used to eat then go back to sleep for about 2 hours (nice for me) but not any more (not so nice for me) so now it's playtime... mirrors, rattles, face making games... anyone ever tried to keep 3 babies entertained by themselves at one time.. it's tiring!!

We went over to Dan and Jen's for the holiday and had a BLAST. jen used her new camera to take some baby shots- here's the link to the page... they are amazing!!!! http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=TheBasses&target=ALBUM&id=5477610445833782641&authkey=Gv1sRgCObvtf7stOvuVg&feat=email

Now for some random pics!

Lilah styling for the summer!

Baloo watching guard over his kids!

Me and Devin with one of the slings. jen has taught me to use them and I would be so bummed without them.. They are SOOOO handy!

Dixon with his big brother Alonso

Trust me we both feel like this sometimes!!!

Auntie Jen juggling two!